Tom Saxton
@tomsaxton.bsky.social
Mac/iOS/web programmer, math enthusiast, puzzler, photographer. Photos posted are mine unless otherwise noted.
The moon rising over the Mariners game last night. Here’s hoping they do better tonight.
October 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
The moon rising over the Mariners game last night. Here’s hoping they do better tonight.
Awesome vanity tag I saw recently. My question: did the owner get the tag for the car or the car for the tag?
August 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Awesome vanity tag I saw recently. My question: did the owner get the tag for the car or the car for the tag?
The Seattle Times is publishing one of our owlet photos in the Pacific NW Magazine. There are more photos, plus video of the owlets fledging and swallowing mice whole, on our web site at saxton.org. #birds www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...
Look who’s peeking from a WA nest
Peekaboo! Owlets keep their eyes on the camera in this week's Reader's Lens. Here's how the photographer got the image.
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July 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The Seattle Times is publishing one of our owlet photos in the Pacific NW Magazine. There are more photos, plus video of the owlets fledging and swallowing mice whole, on our web site at saxton.org. #birds www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-m...
A red-winged blackbird fledgling, recently fed, flew up to the boardwalk railing to face the rising sun. This morning at Juanita Bay Park. #birds
July 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
A red-winged blackbird fledgling, recently fed, flew up to the boardwalk railing to face the rising sun. This morning at Juanita Bay Park. #birds
On June 5, while walking with the Marymoor Park birding group, Cathy noticed this young bald eagle calmly sitting on a branch right above us as the group was looking for birds across the river. It was almost too close for my telephoto lens. #birds
June 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
On June 5, while walking with the Marymoor Park birding group, Cathy noticed this young bald eagle calmly sitting on a branch right above us as the group was looking for birds across the river. It was almost too close for my telephoto lens. #birds
Cathy and I visited Lake Sammamish State Park yesterday morning and captured these common mergansers. #birds #addBirder
June 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Cathy and I visited Lake Sammamish State Park yesterday morning and captured these common mergansers. #birds #addBirder
For three months this spring, we got to watch owls nest and raise their brood in the woods behind our house. The owlets were so cute! More photos and videos on our web site. saxton.org/2025/owls/
June 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
For three months this spring, we got to watch owls nest and raise their brood in the woods behind our house. The owlets were so cute! More photos and videos on our web site. saxton.org/2025/owls/
Travel is weird. One day, you're feeding pollen to stingless bees in the Amazon rainforest and the next day you're back shopping for groceries like you never left.
February 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Travel is weird. One day, you're feeding pollen to stingless bees in the Amazon rainforest and the next day you're back shopping for groceries like you never left.
Cooper’s hawk in our back yard. Suddenly, none of the other birds are interested in the bird feeders.
January 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Cooper’s hawk in our back yard. Suddenly, none of the other birds are interested in the bird feeders.
The comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS from Snoqualmie, WA, on Oct 13. First the raw photo then the same cropped and processed in Lightroom. Credit to Cathy for finding the awesome spot, figuring out where to look, and help with dialing in the photo parameters. Canon R3, RF 70-200mm f/2.8, 70mm 4s, ISO 2000.
November 17, 2024 at 7:17 AM
The comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS from Snoqualmie, WA, on Oct 13. First the raw photo then the same cropped and processed in Lightroom. Credit to Cathy for finding the awesome spot, figuring out where to look, and help with dialing in the photo parameters. Canon R3, RF 70-200mm f/2.8, 70mm 4s, ISO 2000.
Just to get things started, here's a photo of the Milky Way over Mount St. Helens with Portland city lights glowing on the horizon, shot on August 30, 2024. It's a single shot, Canon R3, Sigma 14mm f/1.8, 15-second exposure at ISO 2500, processed in Lightroom.
November 17, 2024 at 2:43 AM
Just to get things started, here's a photo of the Milky Way over Mount St. Helens with Portland city lights glowing on the horizon, shot on August 30, 2024. It's a single shot, Canon R3, Sigma 14mm f/1.8, 15-second exposure at ISO 2500, processed in Lightroom.